About Navarretia jepsonii V.L.Bailey
Navarretia jepsonii V.L.Bailey is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family. It has two common names: Jepson's pincushionplant and Jepson's navarretia. This species is endemic to California, and is only found in the Inner North Coast Ranges west of the Sacramento Valley. It grows in grassland, chaparral, and oak woodland habitats, and most often occurs on serpentine soils. It is an annual herb that grows a slender, reddish stem covered in white hairs, reaching 10 to 15 centimeters tall. Its leaves are divided into many needle-like lobes. The inflorescence forms a head of flowers lined with glandular red bracts. Each flower is roughly one centimeter long, with a white tubular throat and a five-lobed purple-blue corolla.
